A WORLD GONE MAD

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When “NO” Stops Meaning No

When “NO” Stops Meaning No29 Aug13 min

SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW When exactly did the word NO become a fucking suggestion? A judge says stop. Congress says no. The Constitution says you can’t do that. And somehow, the answer keeps becoming: try again until somebody finally gives in. That should scare the hell out of people, because democracies don’t usually collapse in one dramatic moment. Sometimes they get worn down one exception, one workaround and one ignored boundary at a time. Donald Trump keeps pushing because he understan...